Wednesday, September 01, 2010

Naughty but nicer

Vincenzo has come up with an alternative sanctuary design for Crofton Park. I am sure I'll get in trouble for saying it but I think I prefer Vincenzo version.

11 comments:

parepidemos said...

Father, I have not seen the design intended for the Mass for the beatification, but this one is sickening insipid.

Fr Ray Blake said...

I think you mean there are elements which do follow classical proportions.

Jackie Parkes MJ said...

Tacky Fr Ray..very tacky!

parepidemos said...

Father, I have just seen the design for the presbyterium area; it isn't great, but it is simple which will (one hopes) place the focus on the altar where it belongs.

If Vincenzo intended to go for a more 'traditional' design,Gothic would have been better rather than something plucked out of a parish church in Malta (with respect to my Maltese friends). The more I look at Vincenzo's design the more utterly hideous it appears. (Ouch!)

parepidemos said...

Father, Yes, there are most certainly elements which fail to follow classical proportions :)

Babs said...

Parepidemos, Jackie,
Do you think it is just possible that this is ironic?
Probably not!

Jackie Parkes MJ said...

" Parepidemos "...wow that's a rare word!

georgem said...

Where's Cecil B DeMille when you need him . . . .

Physiocrat said...

That is horrible too. You can't do that with classical. You probably can't do classical any more and be convincing about it.

The trouble is probably the scale of the thing.

Fr Ray Blake said...

I think Babs might have a point.

Jonathan Marshall said...

Babs certainly has a point!

Mind you, when you look at the REAL design.............

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